Red Giants is a Dutch

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

club based in Meppel, Drenthe. Founded in 1974 as Alcides, the club reached the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

in 1987. It played in the Dutch highest tier league until 1996. In 1994, Red Giants won the NBB Cup. Currently, it plays in the

Promotiedivisie The Promotiedivisie (English: Promotion Division) is the second tier of basketball in the Netherlands and is the highest amateur competition in the country. At the end of a Promotiedivisie-season, a Final Four is played to decide the new champion. ...

. Home games are played in the Sportcentrum Ezinge.

Honours

; NBB Cup *Winners (1): 1993–94 ;

*Winners (1): 2015–16

List of head coaches

References

{{Dutch Basketball League Basketball teams in the Netherlands Sports clubs in Meppel